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Words are of 2 types

  1. Vowels
  2. Consonants

 

Vowels
Vowels are words which start with a, e, i, o, u

Example

apple,elephant,intelligent.orange,umbrella

We use "an" with these

  • an apple
  • an elephant
  • an intelligent man
  • an umbrella
  • an orange

 

 

Consonants

All other words are called consonants

Example

boy,cat,dog,snake

(All these do not start with a,e,i,o,u

We normally use "a" with these

  1. a boy
  2. a cat
  3. a dog
  4. a snake

 

However for some words we use "an" like

Example

  1. an honest man
  2. an hour
  3. an honor

 

 

Questions

He is .... man

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He is a man.

He is ... intelligent man

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He is an intelligent man

He is ... man who stole my phone

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He is the man who stole my phone

 

More Questions

I will be back in half..... hour

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I will be back in half an hour

...... old lady was carrying ... umbrella

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An old lady was carrying an umbrella

....... umbrella was of blue color

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The umbrella was of blue color.

(We are talking about a specific umbrella here)

He is ......honest man

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He is an honest man

I want...... IPhone

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I want an  IPhone

I want...... cellphone

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I want a cellphone

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